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This is a level 2 Open Meet with tough qualifying times and would suit strong swimmers with ambitions of achieving a district or national qualifying time.  Schedule and Qualifying times are attached.  Please let me (Dave Jones) know of any interest by the 28th March.

The 2010 Salisbury  open is to be held on Sunday 18th April.at the 5 Rivers Leisure Centre.  An excellent 8 lane 25m pool with ample spectator facilities.  The meet features 50 and 100m races only, and would be excellent for younger swimmers to gain gala and competition experience.  Any entries need to be declared by Wednesday 17th March.  An information and entry form is atached.

Thanks to all who participated in this years Corsham Open.  I hope you all enjoyed the weekend and got the times you were looking for.  There was some fantastic racing and a great atmosphere, congratulations.  The results are posted.

Well, in the absence of anything else, I'll file a little report.
Our A and B teams were in action last Saturday in the final round of the 2009 Summer League, both with a lot to swim for. The B team were chasing promotion whilst the A team were in a relegation battle.

I didn't get the opportunity to tell most of the swimmers how pleased and proud I was with their efforts last Saturday. This was always going to be a tough year, competing as we are against 3 very strong teams, but to do so with 14+ swimmers unavailable made it a huge ask. I especially want to mention the youngest age group, Edward, Oliver, Charles and Elliot for the boys and Hannah, Robyn, Lucy and Felicity for the girls. We made huge demands of them and I was really impressed with their attitude, commitment and their good humour.

Very please to report that at the Gloucester Open last weekend (16th/17th May), Huw Parks achieved a district qualifying time in the 100m backstroke. Huw now joins Peter Ammel (100 Fly) as our representatives at Millfield this year and we wish them well.

A Spreadsheet containing all the club records as well as the sprint and championship records is available under "Documents/Times and Results" in the members section.

Hint: Use the selector at the top of the columns to select the records you want to view, otherwise there are a lot of numbers to look at. E.g. you can select "14" at the top of the Age column to view all the records for 14 year olds only. Select "Free" and "100" to view all the 100m Freestyle records.

Have fun

Dave

A small, but enthusiastic team of Corsham swimmers attending the recent Open meet in Salisbury. The relaxed atmosphere and excellent pool coupled with a good medal haul and numerous PBs made for an enjoyable day for all. For the girls, Elizabeth Harris struck Silver three times in the 50m Backstroke, 100m IM & 50m Free, before finally grabbing a well deserved Gold in a thrilling 50m Fly.